Door operating device



March 31, 1936. W BEAUCHAMP 2,035,685

DOOR OPERATING DEVICE Fiied Nov. 3, 1952 2 sheets-sheet 1 4 5/ gt-l 52-f/\/ VEA/TOE- M//L/-EED A @MUCH/WP March 31, 1936. w. A. BEAUCHAMP2,035,685 DOOR OPERATING DEVICE I Filed Nov. 5, 1932 2 sheets-snaai 2'Patented Mar. 31, 1936 UNITED STATES ATNT lFricE DOOR OPERATING DEVICEof Ohio Application November 3, 1932, Serial No. 640,956

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in door operating devices.

An object of this invention is to provide a door` operating devicecomprising an arm and an actuatingA lever arranged to move said doortoward open and closed positions.

Another object is to providel a door operating device comprising anactuating lever constructed and arranged to serve as the hasp of alocking mechanism for the door and requiring no modiflcation of theremainder of said mechanism.

A further object is to provide a door operating device comprising an armpivotally secured toga relatively stationary member and an actuatingmemberv pivotally supported on said door, the arm and the lever beingVconstructed and arranged to impart both opening and closing movementsto the door.

Other objects of the invention will become clear from the followingdescription and the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of theinvention.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a partial elevation of av double door construction showingthe application of the door operating device.

Figure 2 is a partial elevation showing the engaged relationship of theparts of the operating device with the door forced toward open positionand in dot and dash lines the inoperative position of said parts.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan detail of the closing and opening arm.

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on line 6*-6 of. Figure. Y

VFigure rl is a horizontal section taken on line 'I-I of Figure v5.

The preferred structural embodiment of the invention is. illustrated inconnection with double doors .ordinarily employed in railway house cars,adapted for shipment of bulky lading. The invention, however, is notrestricted to such doors but may be used in railway cars embodyingsingle door -constructions. As illustrated, the door I Il constitutesthe main door andthe door I I the auxiliary door. Each of these doors ispreferably provided with a plurality of horizontal corrugations such asindicatedat I2 and I3, respectively. The auxiliary door l I additionallyis provided with a metallic jamb or post I4, adapted .to receive awooden nailing strip I5. The post I4 is secured rtrated are angularlyrelated to each other. l'lhe farm 2l of the operating lever is formedadjacent its end so as tol provide `a handle 23 by which said lever maybe actuated. vThe operating lever 20 is pivotally supported preferablyupon the I nain door I0 :for movement about two axes substantially atright anglesfto each other. For this purpose the main door I 0 hassecured thereto .e

by means of rivets 24 a fastener 2,5. VThis fas.- tener mayAadvantageously be positioned upon a horizontal corrugation I2 of themain door and be secured thereto by the rivets 24 extending through thefastener, the horizontal corrugation and a backing plate 26 lying on theinside of the corrugation. An integral boss 21 extends outwardly fromsaid fastener and is adapted to pass through an eye `il!! formed in theend ofthe operating lever 20. A washer 29 is positioned over the end ofthe boss and a rivet 3|) is utilized to secure said Washer, as well asthe fastenerand backing plate, to thedoor. The washer 29 prevents theoperating lever from being displaced from the boss. Projecting outwardlyfrom the fastener 25 is an abutment member 3l positioned preferablybetween the boss and the adjacent end of the main door. Extendinginwardly from said fastener is Ya projection 32 adapted to extendthrough aligned openings in said door and in a reinforcing member 33positioned in the vertical corrugation 34. It is observed that the eyeportion of the operating lever through which the boss extends lies at anangle to said boss in the position of the operating lever shown inFigures 1 and 3 of the drawings. By this construction it is clear thatthe operating lever may not only swing about said boss in a verticalplane but may be moved outwardly in a substantially horizontal plane fora purpose which will hereinafter appear. The arm 2I of the operatinglever has its inner face recessed as indicated at 35, said recessproviding an abutment 36 adapted to cooperate with the abutment 3|formed on the fastener as hereinafter set forth. Additionally, the arm2I is provided with a slot 31, one end of said slot being extended inorder to provide an abutment 38.

Adapted to coact with said operating lever is an arm pivotally securedso as to swing in a substantially vertical plane upon the auxiliary dooror other relatively stationary member. As illustrated the arm 40 ispreferably mounted upon a boss 4| extending inwardly from an upstandingiiange 42 formed preferably as an integral portion of a lock member 43.The lock member is secured as by rivets 44 to the crest of a horizontalcorrugation I3 formed in the auxiliary door Il. The lock member isprovided with a plurality of spaced outwardly extending housings 45 and46. Intermediate these housings the lock member may be formed with a lug41. The opening provided in the housing 45 is formed with one straightwall 48 and one inclined wall 49 and the 'opening in the housing 46 issimilarly formed with a straight wall 58 and an inclined wall 5|. Thehousings, consequently, are adapted to receive and properly retain avertically reciprocating tapered locking pin 52. The arm 40` adjacentits free end is provided with a socket 53 in which the end of the arm 22of the operating lever 20 is adapted to be received. It is apparentthat' the socket 53 provides abutments 54 and 55 adapted for optionalengagement with the arm 22 of the operating lever.

When the door |8 is in its closed position as illustrated in Figure 1 ofthe drawings, and it is desired to impart initial movement to said doorin the opening direction thereof, the locking pin 52-will be elevated soas to free the arm 2l of the operating lever. The handle 23 is thengrasped and pulled outwardly so as` to clear the housing members 45 and46.- This outward movement of the operating lever may be accomplishedbecause of the angular relationship between the eye on said lever andthe boss on the fastener. When the lever has been moved outwardly it maythen be. pulled toward the right as viewed in Figure 1, whereupon theend of the arm 22 will engage the abutment portion 55 of the arm 40.With the abutment portion 55 serving as a fulcrum the pull upon thehandle 23will be transmitted to the boss 21 formed on the fastener 25and the door will be forced toward the right. The door I0 may then beopened to the extent desired. In the final closingmovement of the doorafter it has been moved tosubstantially the positionV indicated inFigure 2 of the drawings, the armA 40 and the operating lever. 26 willbe in thepositions shown in dot and dash lines in saidgure. The arm 40will then be swung to the full line position and the arm 22 of theoperating leverwill be engaged within the socket of said arm 40. Bygrasping the handle 23 on theoperating leverthe latter is then 'swungfrom its substantially vertical position to the horizontal position.'During this swinging movement of the lever the arm 2 2 will engage theabutment portion 54 of the arm 40 and the door will be drawn'intotightly closed position. Y

In additionv to the operation of the operating lever 20 inthe openingand closing movements of the'door, said lever serves to lock the door I0to the auxiliary door or other stationary member. When the lever hasbeen actuated to move 'the main-door I0 to closed position said leverhas assumed a substantially horizontal position.

Said lever may then be moved in a substantially horizontal plane toposition it between the housing members 45 and 46 formed on the lockmember 43. In this positioning of the operating lever the lug 41 `formedon the lock member will project into the slot 31 provided in the lever.In addition thereto the abutment members 3l and 36 formed respectivelyon the fastener 25 and the operating lever will come into substantialengagement. The locking pin 52 may then be inserted through the housingsand the locking operation completed by the insertion of a seal extendingthrough aligned openings 55 and 56' formed adjacent the lower end of thepin 52 and the lower end of the lock member 43, respectively. In theprojected or home position of the locking pin the straight side of saidpin will abut the projection 38 formed adjacent the slot 31 on theoperating lever.

It is observed that in the locked position of the operating leverengagement between the abutments 3| and 36 is obtained and that theclearance between the boss 21 and the eye 28 at the left of said bossisless than the clearance between the boss 21 and the eye 28 at theright of said boss. the boss and the eye on the operatinglever issignificant when the action of the lever as a lock is considered. It isapparent that in locked position the locking pin 52 will seldom, becauseof inaccuracies of construction, completely fill the openings in thehousings 45 and 46. Consequently, the position of the locking pin willbe determined by the position of the projection 38 formed on theoperating lever. If the door has not been fully closed and, due tomovement of the car over a track and the jarring of the door incident tosaid movement the door is further forced toward closed position, theboss will engage the eye on the operating lever so as to move said leverin the same direction as the door. The .tapered pin will then bereleased from its engagement between the projection 38 on the lever andthe inclined sides of the housing members and it will, consequently,through the action of gravity, move downwardly to absorb the clearancecreated by the movement of the hasp.v vAnytendency of the door inits-locked position to move toward open positionV will, however, not beresisted by the eye on the operating lever and the boss formed on thefastener. Such movement will, however, -be resisted by the substantiallylarge bearing areas of the engaging abutments 3| and 36 provided,respectively, on the fastener and on the operating lever. y

It is apparent that numerous changes an modifications of the structuralembodiment of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in theart. It is intendedthat all such changes and modifications becomprehended within this inventionland that it be limited only by thescope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim: Y

1. In combination with a relatively stationary member and a sliding doormember, an arm permanently pivotally secured to one of said members, anoperating lever permanently pivotally secured to the other of saidmembers, said arm being provided with a recess forming a plurality ofspaced abutments, the free end of said lever 'Ihis relationship of theabutments,

being seated in said recess and optionally engagean operating end, and asocket formed in the swinging end of said arm, the free end of saidlever being insertable into said socket for the purpose set forth.

3. In an operating device for a sliding door having a relativelystationary member associated therewith, an arm pivotally secured to saidmember for swinging movement in a vertical plane and an operating leverpivoted to said door, said arm and said lever having free ends adaptedfor engagement to impart both initial opening and nal closing movementsto said door, the free end of said arm being formed with a socket inwhich the free end of said lever is adapted to be received, the freeends of said arm and lever being releasable While said arm is pivoted tosaid member, said lever being adapted to be secured to said relativelystationary member to fasten said door in closed position independentlyof said arm.

4. In combination with a relatively stationary memberB and a slidingdoor member, an arm pivotally secured to one of said members forswinging movement in a vertical plane, an operating lever pivotallysecured intermediate its ends to the other of said members, said arm andlever having free ends adapted for engagement to effeet initial openingand final closing movements of said door member, the free end of saidarm being formed with a socket in which the free end of said lever isadapted to be received, the free ends of said arm and lever beingreleasable while said arm is pivoted to said member, and locking meansfor detachably fastening said lever to said first mentioned member.

WILFRED A. BEAUCHAMP.

